As is often the case when government inserts itself where it has no business, the best of intentions can yield disastrous results. For L.A., this means more people will be murdered this year than last. (Also read J. Christian Adams at the Tatler: “Steve Rosenbaum: foe of LAPD, friend of New Black Panthers”)

From Kennedy to Katrina, the prefab media template that accompanied the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords was far from the first time the MSM bent the facts like a pretzel to build a narrative around an emotionally-charged event.

Why has the New York Times gotten so obsessed with Duane “Dewey” Clarridge, a retired CIA Operations Officer? Michael Ledeen dusts off his battered Ouija board and contacts the late head of CIA counterintelligence, James Jesus Angleton, for answers.

Exclusive to Yahoo! News – Thu Jan 27, 2:00 pm ETBy Newt Gingrich When I first heard that President Obama was using “winning the future” as the theme of his state of the union I thought it was ironically funny. I wrote a book, “Winning the Future: A 21st Century … Full Story »

WASHINGTON — Since capitalism is the nation’s official religion, President Obama must bow before business executives, who don’t believe he has been sufficiently fawning. It wasn’t enough for Obama to expend taxpayer funds, as his predecessor did, to save capitalism. Full Story »

JACKSON, N.H. — There is snow on the roof of the red covered bridge, the whoosh of cross-country skiers in the fields, a bustle in the village despite temperatures in single digits. The other night the moon glistened, and so did the ice below. This seems a world apart. Full Story »

WASHINGTON, DC – While most pundits, in advance of next week’s Super Bowl, are handicapping whether the Green Bay Packers or Pittsburgh Steelers have the upper hand, the New Yorker’s Ben McGrath poses a far more troubling question: “How many of the men on the field in the Super Bowl will be playing with incipient dementia?” Full Story »

WASHINGTON, DC – WikiLeaks has released new secret State Department cables showing the U.S.’s growing uneasiness with the Egyptian government–including its suppression of the press. In an attempted to silence critics and stop protests that have intensified in the past week, Egypt has switched off the Internet within its borders. Mediaite’s Alex Alvarez points to several revealing cables from the latest WikiLeaks dump. Full Story »

The Nation — Given that the repressive government of Egypt received $1.5 billion in military and economic aid from the US government in 2010, it’s not surprising that it is also well represented in Washington’s lobbying community on K Street. Full Story »

Obama and the Ripple Effect
January 30, 2011
One of President Obama’s weaknesses is that, in foreign policy, he is not a clever chess player, anticipating moves and consequences several steps down the line. More

Why We Should Fear the Moslem Brothers
Karin McQuillan
It is impossible to assess the danger posed by a takeover of Egypt by the Moslem Brothers without knowing that Nazism launched the Brothers and is still at their core More

The Media, Reagan and Obama
Ed Lasky
The media treated Ronald Reagan disgracefully when he was alive. To use him when he is dead to bolster Barack Obama compounds the insult. More

The Race Game and Obama’s Campaign for 2012
Jack Kerwick
In a word, race promises to play at least as large a role in the next election as it played in the last presidential race. Rest assured, it is on this that Barack Obama and his cronies are counting. More

Obama’s 3 AM Moment
Nancy Morgan
Which candidate was best qualified to handle a 3 AM moment? America now has a partial answer. Not President Obama. More

The good news? Gridlock, courtesy of a GOP Senate in 2012. The bad news: Well, legacy journalists are busy writing their “Comeback kid” articles even as we speak, and are prepared to go all-in once again next year.

For nearly ten years, I have been arguing that China may well be the first example of a mature fascism in power. The highest praise imaginable has been bestowed on this theory, by the People’s Republic itself.

Over at PJM’s new Tatler blog, Texas Gov. Rick Perry joins the fray, blogging the beginning of the Lone Star State’s 82nd legislative session. Gov. Perry will appear in the Tatler once in a while to update us on news and issues of importance to the state and the nation.

Egypt’s destiny will be determined by a fight among Egyptian people, some of whom wish to be free and others who wish to install a tyranny worse than Mubarak’s. (Also read Richard Fernandez: “Mubarak Obama”)

There’s a possibility that if Mubarak falls, it will have an effect analogous to the collapse of the shah during Jimmy Carter’s presidency. (Update: Don’t miss Steve Green on “Takin’ It to the Streets.”)

The SOTU address gave me visions of 100,000 new (and unionized) engineering and science teachers criss-crossing rural America in windmill-powered, solar-paneled high-speed trains — questing after the three doctors who will still be in private practice once ObamaCare really takes hold. (Also read Michael Ledeen at the Tatler: “The State of Confusion”)

President Obama makes his second State of the Union speech tonight. The Vodkapundit is ready — martinis in hand. (And for wall to wall live video coverage, check out PJTV, which is carrying both the SOTU and GOP responses live, as well as plenty of commentary, beginning at 5:00 PM Pacific/8:00 PM Eastern.)

Lots of virtual ink has spilled over GOProud attending CPAC. But then there’s Suhail Khan, self-appointed GOP Muslim ambassador to the conservative world. Remember the story of the wolf in sheep’s clothing? Keep it in mind as you ponder Mr. Khan.

This past Christmas, thanks to a photograph I received from out of the blue, I was able to turn to my wife and sons and say, “There’s my childhood.” And to tell myself: even though it was nearly a half-century ago, it was real.Update 1/20/11: Per the request of the readers, another photo referenced in the article has been added at end of the piece.

Himmler’s assistant Bernhard Frank has been living in plain sight in Germany for decades, until Mark Gould got him to talk on camera, in a video now online at the PJ Institute. And yet for some in the American MSM, Gould himself is the story and not Frank.